Entries for October 2020
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28 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden's tax plan would translate into higher annual income and payroll taxes for roughly 80,000-plus farmers and significantly affect taxes in farm liquidations or the handing over of farms from one generation to the next. Biden's plan calls for raising taxes on people with $400,000 or more in taxable income...
28 Oct 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the agency's long-awaited decision approving three dicamba herbicides for use over-the-top of dicamba-tolerant Xtend crops in 2021 and beyond. On a Tuesday evening press call, Wheeler stated that EPA has granted five-year registrations to two canceled dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMa...
28 Oct 2020
In business, the concept of margin implies some remaining amount of revenue or profit after accounting for expenses and is reflected in terms like "gross margin" or "profit margin." But the word "margin" is also used in another way, according to a book titled "Margin," by Dr. Richard Swenson. He defines it as "the space between our load and our lim...
28 Oct 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/28 13:00 Feeder Cattle Contracts Paying Close Attention to Corn Prices Cattle contracts are keeping with their upward trend, hoping to regain ground lost from last week's regression and keep rallying into the latter part of the week to encourage cash cattle prices. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Commen...
28 Oct 2020
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/28 11:08 All Grains Lower at Midday Corn is 11 to 12 cents lower, soybeans are 16 to 18 cents lower, and wheat is 4 cents to 7 cents lower. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst The U.S. stock market is sharply lower with the Dow down 870. The dollar index is 55 points higher. Interest rate products are higher. Energi...